Bug Fixes | Quality of Life Updates
In this release, we've fixed a few serious bugs, so we recommend updating for everyone, especially users who regularly work with files created on Windows. In addition, this release features a few good updates that will improve your workflows. As always, please report any bugs that we didn't find this time around. Have fun with the update!
Changelog
Resolved Data Loss Issues
When Zettlr v3.0.0 was released, we started receiving reports by users
mentioning that some files wouldn't properly save, potentially leading to data
loss. After searching for the underlying root cause, we have now identified it as
improper newline handling in files. Specifically, we have accidentally introduced
a bug that would render Zettlr incapable of properly detecting Windows-style
CRLF newlines. This means that Zettlr was only sometimes able to properly read
and modify such files.
This update fixes this bug. Now, Zettlr is able to properly read and modify any
file, regardless of whether it has been created on Windows, macOS, Linux, or even
some older systems. We would like to apologize for this bug and thank you for
sticking with Zettlr despite it.
Changes to the file filtering logic
The filter field in the file manager has always applied OR-logic when searching for
files and workspaces. In this latest update, Zettlr changes to AND file filtering
logic, meaning that only items matching all queries will be displayed when
entering phrases separated by spaces.
As an example: Until now, searching for "Niklas Luhmann" would've surfaced files
that contained either "Niklas" or "Luhmann," or both. From now on, searching for
"Niklas Luhmann" will only show files that contain both "Niklas" and
"Luhmann" and exclude files that miss one of these phrases.
GUI and Functionality
- Feature: The attachment/assets/other file sidebar tab now also shows files
found in the default image folder where applicable - Feature: The right-click context menu for external markdown links now
contains an option to remove a link. When removing<link>style links, the
linktext remains as plain text. When removing[title](link)style links,
thetitletext remains as plain text. - Change: When searching for files in the filter field, only files and
workspaces that match all queries entered will be displayed - Fixed the French translation of unsaved-changes dialog actions. (#5177)
- Fixed bugs with properly saving files (and retaining linefeeds) on Windows
systems; now Zettlr should be capable of handling any type of linefeed (#5109) - Fixed an issue where checkboxes in various list controls would not be properly
updated to reflect the actual, underlying value - Fix assets file icons in the sidebar
- Design fixes in the sidebar
- Fix: The file preview tooltip now respects the filename display settings
- Fix: Focus input field when search in folder (global search) is
triggered
Under the Hood
- Upgrade Electron to
v30.1.0(cf. issue #5135 and Electron issue #41839) - Downgrade Linux builds to use Ubuntu 20.04 instead of 22.04 (#5137)
- Fully abstract away newline handling from the internal logic. Now, newlines
are always\nacross the entire app. The actual newlines from the files will
be stored in their respective file descriptor, and will be exclusively used on
file reads (to replace them with\n) and file writes (to replace\nwith)
New Contributors
- @tristanhyams made their first contribution in #5146
- @IgnacioHeredia made their first contribution in #5170
- @imalexhu made their first contribution in #5176
- @NMazzy made their first contribution in #5126
- @artav4 made their first contribution in #5164
- @jxerome made their first contribution in #5179
- @viktomas made their first contribution in #5182
Full Changelog: v3.1.1...v3.2.0
